Sniffing Out XP SP2 Problems

Dear Readers: I'm writing this week from MCP Magazine's
TechMentor Conference in beautiful
San Jose, CA. I'm busy collecting questions from attendees and I'll be
answering them in future columns.

Meanwhile, I recently I got a note from Gray S. about a problem he had
with XP SP2:

Bill, I normally manage my Exchange 2003 servers from on my WinXP
computer. Everything was working fine until I recently installed Windows
XP SP2. Now, the Exchange Message Tracking Center no longer works. I
tried un/reinstalling all of the Windows and Exchange Admin Tools to
no avail.

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Answer: I wasn't able to replicate Gray's problem, so here's
what I recommended to him. I wanted him to load a packet sniffer on the
XP desktop, then examine the traffic generated when he attempts to open
the Message Tracking interface.

Microsoft updated an August security advisory this week to urge organizations using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol in supported Windows systems to implement some configuration changes manually.